Bug that Allows emoji to be Sent from AT&T iPhones to Verizon iPhones but not Vice Versa!

Word has been spreading that there’s the emergence of a strange bug this time. The bug apparently lets emoji to be sent over SMS from iPhones of AT&T to those of Verizon’s but not in the opposite direction of sending.

Well, then what happens when you text them from the Verizon to an AT&T? You get gibberish! But it seems, the problem where interpretation needs to happen for the emoji to appear properly is the message app’s fault. No problems have been reported from the AT&T phones no matter which carrier was used to send emoji to the AT&T! Please report any other bug in the comments section if you find them.

iPhone Nano news

iPhone 5 comes with physical keyboard?

iPhone with a keyboard? Sounds impossible? Think again. The latest online rumors which can be traced to a Taiwanese blogger who claims to have insider informations say so. The next iPhone 5 is expected to be released in five months.

There are few different designs that are considered, with one which has a physical keyboard and another which looks like a improved iPhone 4 model. The iPhone 4 looking model will have better battery life and improved camera. This upgrade form iPhone 4 to iPhone 5 would look somewhat like the small improvements which iPhone 3GS had over iPhone 3G.

Apple wants new iPhone push notifications

Apple has declared its intention of changing the system notification in iOS. This comes as a response to increasing pressure from Android based smartphones which have more elegant notification systems embedded in their OS.

The usual iPhone pop up notifications for new events such as messages, calls and so on, was always under critic by users as sloppy and irritating. On the other side HP web OS notification system is often showcased for its simplicity and elegance, and it is getting even better as the latest improvements show.

Google Translate for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Google, the most powerfully search engine on the world wide web is busy working on many ideas.

Is iPhone nano coming?

California based, Cupertino Company is planning to release a new iPhone model. There are rumours that the designers are working to produce a small version of the iPhone, which should become a sort of an iPhone nano model. It is expected that this iPhone will be cheaper and of smaller size. The intention of Apple is to combat the increasingly popular Android based smartphones. This seems to be part of a Apple’s strategy to counter Google’s advance in the ruthless competition for the global smartphone market.

New TinyUmbrella for iOS 4.2.1 available

The guy behind the famous Tiny Umbrella tool known as Notcom, has announced on the social network Twitter about the upgraded version of the software.

The current version is 4.21.07 and it will enable iPhone, iPad and iPod users to save their shsh on their respective devices. It works for the 4.2.1 firmware version.
In his own words: “Updated 4.21.07. I’ve forgotten iPad in the 4.3b3 list XD. Don’t update unless you have iPad and want 4.3b3 shshs.”

He has also removed some bugs known from the previous versions of the software.

New iPad 2 rumors

Apple is busily working on the new tablet iPad 2 with their offshore manufacturing systems.

This is well know fact indeed, but Apple as always is not yet prepared to release any news regarding the new tablet. On the other side they certainly haven’t dismissed these rumors.

Apple has sold as many as 5 billion iPad tablets since its launch in April 2010.

Since it seems that their strategy is to upgrade their device once in a year, as witnessed with iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4, it is quite reasonable to believe that they will launch the upgrade to iPad before summer.

Antenna problems with Verizon iPhone 4 ?

After the widely publicized and criticized iPhone 4 antenna issue, Apple has redesigned the antenna on the Verizon iPhone, but the problems seems to persist.

After testing the new Verizon 4 iPhone an iPhone web portal has find out that the new CDMA iPhone has almost the same problems as the regular AT&T GSM iPhone.

They state that the new Verizon iPhone is still loosing significant network signal when hold in the so called death hold position. Iphone’s Wi-Fi signal strength suffers from the same problem in some positions. This can slow down or even completely disable data communications.

Tethered or untethered jailbreak?

When Dev-team released the jailbreak following the holiday season, many users had for the first time to deal with an tethered jailbreak. This has caused much confusion. What is a tethered jailbreak at all? Here is an explanation of what is a tethered jailbreak and how does it compare to untethered jailbreak.

If you are in a big hurry and don’t have time to read the full post, here is a straightforward answer: untethered jailbreak is better for you.

Also you should know, this tethering business has nothing to do with something different with a similar name: internet tethering, which occurs when you connect your laptop to the internet through your iPhone’s 3G network.